WUCHERPFENIG, Ray - b. February 13, 1893 - d. November 9, 1984

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(Winfield Daily Courier)

(From my personal collection)

Ray Wucherpfenig, 91, died on Nov. 9,  at his home in Howard.  Born at Stewardson, Ill., on Feb. 13, 1893, he was the son of Alfred and Lillian (Saunders) Wucherpfenig.

In 1902 he moved with his parents to Tuscola, Ill., where he attended school.  In 1916 the family moved to Parsons, where Wucherpfenig remained until moving to a farm mortheast of Howard in 1919.  On Dec. 29, 1923, he was married to Eva Opal Kling at Howard.

Wucherpfenig was elected the Elk County Clerk in 1924 and held the office for six years.  He then operated a bulk gasoline and filling station business in Howard.  In 1944 he was re-elected the Elk County Clerk and stayed in office for 10 years.  He was employed by the county clerk in Marysville for two years before his retirement in 1956.

Wucherpfenig was a member of the Howard United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, and two sisters,  Esther Morgan and Marjorie Simpson, both of Howard.

Services were held at 2 p.m. today at Zimmerman Funeral Home, with the Rev. Paul Lynn and the Rev. Don Harper officiating.  Interment was in Grace Lawn cemetery at Howard.

A memorial has been established with the Howard United Methodist Church